Tire Spinning on Wheel!

[Dr Dirt]

I thought that I should share this one!
As most of the country went into a deep freeze I went to move some round bales and proceeded about 50 feet when the tractor bogged down and only the 4WD front tires were spinning. This machine is HST and when I set it to 2WD the rear axle was kind of surging similar to a really badly slipping clutch. This made no sense whatsoever until I discovered that when I first moved the tractor the LR tire was frozen in solid ice and the torque actually broke the bead from the wheel rim and the tire! The temp was so cold that the "flat" calcium filled tire never lost it"s shape and by luck I noticed the wheel spinning with the tire remaining still. PHEW! Just thought this was worth sharing.

 

[Thomas]

Now that's cold.

 

[Dr Dirt]

Now that's cold.

Thomas , I notice that you are also from Lebanon ME! Thankfully it was just a slipped bead and Central tire remounted and re filled for $80, not bad. The spare was also packed in ice and with no FEL to dig it out that was actually the biggest problem. I solved it with a come-along and a nearby tree! I needed to put the torpedo heater near the spare to help melt the compacted ice on the rim and BTW the compressor needed a shot of hot air before it started too! This was a few weeks ago when it was REALLY cold!